Downloads are disabled in IE
- Use Firefox for downloads
- Use a command line tool
Some drives are hidden in Windows Explorer
- Use File Manager (winfile.exe)
- Use cmd.exe
Access to Task Manager or the registry is denied by policies
- Use Process Explorer or Regworks who don't care about the policies
- If you have admin rights and access to the run command, you can change the policies by copying the following code into a file named openup.vbs and the execute it using cscript.exe openup.vbs
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\default:StdRegProv")
Call SetValue("DisableRegistryTools",0)
Call SetValue("DisableTaskMgr",0)
Function SetValue(sKeyName,iValue)
Const HIVE = &H80000001
oReg.SetDWORDValue HIVE,"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System",sKeyName,iValue
End Function
No run command in the Start Menu
Open to C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe or 4NT.exe from your USB drive via Windows Explorer.